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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Miss James has lent me, and I have been reading Alphonsine - that is the two first volumes - and it has completely bewitched me - I was such an old Ass as to sit up last...Sarah Harriet Burney [Madame] de GenlisAlphonsine, ou la tendresse maternellePrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'Worsted Work'; [Text] 'Oh! Talk not of it lightly in an tone of scornful mirth/ It brings to me glad visions of the c...Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine [Maria] AbdyWorsted workPrint: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'The old Maid's prayer to Diana'; [Text] 'Since thou and the stars, my dear goddess decree/ That Old Maid as I am, an ...Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine [Mary] [Tighe]The old Maid's prayer to DianaPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue. 20. 8. 40
A. B. Dilks in the chair.
[...]
8. After coffee we were faced with the Herculean task of answering a G...		Members of the XII Book Club[Members of the XII Book Club] [Short answers to a general knowledge quiz paper]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue. 20. 8. 40
A. B. Dilks in the chair.
[...]
8. After coffee we were faced with the Herculean task of answering a G...		Members of the XII Book Club[Members of the XII Book Club] [Original compositions written in answer to two se...Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'As to Miss Pickering, if there shd be anybody in the world who makes a Miss Austen of her, or a Scott of her, that body cannot be famous for his or her literary judgemen...Elizabeth Barrett [Miss] Pickering[novels]Print: Book
1800-1849'I have read Susan Hopley - the incidents are improbable but the Book took me on - and I kept reading it'.Sydney Smith [Mrs] CroweSusan HopleyPrint: Book
1850-1899'have been reading a little on philology, have finished the 24th book of the Iliad, the first book of the Faery Queene, Clough's poems, and a little about Etruscan things...George Eliot [pseud.] [Mrs] Grey[Etruscan subjects]Print: Book
1700-1799'This evening I heard a lecture of a work made by Mr de Bressac which is the description of all the murders and horrors committed in France during the Rebellion. It is ea...Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne [Mr] de Bressac[account of French Rebellion]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'I played the harpsichord most part of the evening. Then we began to read a play of Mr de Salis (made by him) entitled "L'Ecole aux Maris Malhonnetes". It is very badly w...Elizabeth Wynne and others[Mr] de SalisL'Ecole aux Maris MalhonnetesPrint: Unknown
1800-1849Byron to Thomas Moore, 5 July 1821: 'I have had a curious letter to-day from a girl in England ... It is signed simply N. N. A. ... She simply says that she is dying, and...George Gordon Lord Byron [N. N. A.] anon[private letter]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 19 January 1751: 'I was sorry the other day to see a Rambler (though a good one) upon Milton, because the author has been much ce...Catherine Talbot [N/A] RamblerPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Bn. moved into Left sector. Macleod came back to "details" for a rest, and I went in as a/adjutant. Weather wet and cold. More "Strafes". Spent a very busy three days ...Robert Lindsay Mackay [n/a] [n/a][telegrams, letters, and reports]Manuscript: Letter, Sheet
1900-1945'Tell Father the Huns haven't started to run yet. If he reads the September "National Review" he will be surprised at the warning of the writer against the Cabinet. It ...Henry William Williamson [n/a] [n/a]National ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Send an English newpaper (not the Daily Mail as we have it here) occasionally. We are forbidden to send picture postcards now. I am in a hurry to catch the mail, so I ...Henry William Williamson [n/a] [n/a]Daily MailPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Please send me April magazines. Have seen the March ones. The mud is awful — 3 mules drowned in shell craters last night, it is terrible.'Henry William Williamson [n/a] [n/a][March magazines]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Thanks for books & pyjamas & toffee ... Please send Motor Cycling & Motor Cycle & an occasional Daily Mail — we get none here — we're miles from civilization.'Henry William Williamson [n/a] [n/a]Motor CyclingPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Thanks for books & pyjamas & toffee ... Please send Motor Cycling & Motor Cycle & an occasional Daily Mail — we get none here — we're miles from civilization.'Henry William Williamson [n/a] [n/a]Motor CyclePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Thanks for books & pyjamas & toffee ... Please send Motor Cycling & Motor Cycle & an occasional Daily Mail — we get none here — we're miles from civilization.'Henry William Williamson [n/a] [n/a]Daily MailPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Don't forget a cake & send Daily Mail every other day and Motor Cycle & Motor Cycling and the mags.'Henry William Williamson [n/a] [n/a]Motor CyclePrint: Serial / periodical


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